Homeland Security no longer banning bringing laptops into airplane cabins for trips to U.S.

Hundreds of foreign airports and U.S. and overseas airlines have made security enhancements necessary for passengers traveling direct to the U.S. to carry laptops into the cabin, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.

As of Thursday, all 180 U.S. and foreign airlines and 280 foreign airports have met the “first phase” of the expanded security rules, the department said. As a result, the agency is no longer banning passengers from bringing laptops and other electronic devices into airplane cabins for trips...